scholarly journals Rehabilitation and reintegration programming adjunct to female genital fistula surgery: A systematic scoping review

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 (S1) ◽  
pp. 42-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M. El Ayadi ◽  
Caitlyn E. Painter ◽  
Alexandre Delamou ◽  
Jill Barr‐Walker ◽  
Abner Korn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Fistula Surgery ◽  
Genital Fistula ◽  
Female Genital

scholarly journals Rehabilitation and reintegration programming adjunct to female genital fistula surgery: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e027991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M El Ayadi ◽  
Caitlyn E Painter ◽  
Alexandre Delamou ◽  
Jill Barr-Walker ◽  
Susan Obore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Traumatic Injury ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Fistula Surgery ◽  
Genital Fistula ◽  
Female Genital

IntroductionFemale genital fistula is a debilitating traumatic injury, largely birth-associated, globally affecting up to 2 million women, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Fistula has significant physical, psychological and economic consequences. Women often face challenges in reintegrating and resuming prior roles despite successful surgery. Synthesising the evidence on services adjunct to fistula surgery and their outcomes is important for developing the evidence base for best practices and identifying research priorities. This scoping review seeks to examine the range of rehabilitation and reintegration services provided as adjunct to genital fistula surgery, map the existing programming and outcomes, and identify areas for additional research.Methods and analysisOur scoping review is informed by existing methodological frameworks and will be conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses-ScR guidelines. The search strategy will be applied to nine biomedical, public health and social science databases. The initial search was completed on 27 September 2018. Grey literature will be identified through targeted Google searches and from organisational websites identified as relevant by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Campaign to End Fistula. We will iteratively build our search strategy through term harvesting and review, and search reference lists of reports and articles to identify additional studies. Two reviewers will independently screen titles and abstracts, followed by full-text screening of all potentially relevant articles and standardised data extraction. Articles eligible for inclusion will discuss research or programmatic efforts around service provision in adjunct to surgery among females with genital fistula. Data will be presented in summary tables accompanied by narrative description.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval is not required for a scoping review. Our results can be used to inform policy, serve as support for funding and development of reintegration programmes and highlight areas for subsequent research. Results will be disseminated at relevant conferences and published in a peer-reviewed journal.

scholarly journals Rehabilitation and Reintegration Programming Following Female Genital Fistula Surgery: A Scoping Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M El Ayadi
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Social Reintegration ◽  
Fistula Surgery ◽  
Medical Librarian ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Genital Fistula ◽  
Full Text Screening

Aims: To examine the range of rehabilitation and reintegration services provided as adjunct to genital fistula surgery, map the existing programming and outcomes, and identify areas where additional research is necessary. Methods: Our scoping review is informed by existing methodological frameworks and conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines.The search strategy was designed in collaboration with a medical librarian and is applied to nine biomedical, public health, and social science databases. Grey literature is identified through targeted searches and relevant organizational websites. Two primary reviewers independently screened titles and abstracts of all articles, followed by full-text screening and standardized data extraction. Eligible articles will discuss research or programmatic efforts around service provision in adjunct to surgery. Results: The literature review is currently underway and preliminary results including summary tables and narrative will be available to share at the ISOFS conference. Conclusions: The results of this scoping review will help in understanding and describing what is known and unknown about rehabilitation and social reintegration of women following genital fistula surgery in sub-Saharan Africa and may be useful in developing and evaluating social reintegration projects.

Surgical Management of Female Genital Mutilation-Related Morbidity: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ava G. Chappell ◽  
Rachita Sood ◽  
Andrew Hu ◽  
Susan M. Folsom ◽  
Q. Eileen Wafford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Management ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Female Genital

scholarly journals Multicentric Study of 148 New Cases of Female Genital Fistula Niger

2018 ◽  
Vol 08 (14) ◽  
pp. 1631-1639
Author(s):  
N. Idi ◽  
N. A. Harouna Malam Brah ◽  
A. Idrissa ◽  
L. Djangnikpo ◽  
Z. Assoumana
Keyword(s):  
Multicentric Study ◽  
Genital Fistula ◽  
Female Genital

scholarly journals Assessment of health worker knowledge in fistula management in Uganda

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Kanakulya ◽  
C Ndwiga ◽  
P Sripad ◽  
E Arnoff ◽  
R Mukisa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Centers ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Level Ii ◽  
Prolonged Labor ◽  
Genital Fistula ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Female Genital

Aims: To assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to female genital fistula among Primary Health Care (PHC) providers in Uganda. Methods: A structured questionnaire was administered to purposively sampled PHC providers, data were collected using the ODK mobile technology platform and analyzed using Stata 13.1 software. Results: 114 PHC providers (62 Masaka, 52 Kalungu) in 50 health centers (28 level II, 18 level III and 4 level IV) were assessed. Findings showed that 57% could define prolonged labor correctly; almost none knew that leaking faeces and urine was a postnatal fistula sign/symptom. 28% reported having seen patients that leaked urine uncontrollably. 24% reported having seen clients fistula symptoms, 39% knew that fistula clients should be counseled and referred for treatment, and 25% had ever referred clients who leak urine. Conclusions: PHC providers lacked adequate knowledge of fistula and related issues. If PHC providers are to be engaged in fistula screening and referral, this topic must be integrated into the training curriculum. Conversely, it may be important to provide women with direct access to information on referral and treatment of fistula.

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